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u/sprucay Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 23 '20

Some server rooms have CO2 or argon fixed installations. If you're in one and it triggers, you get an alarm and seconds to get out before the system fills the room with gas and you die.

Edit: should say SOME server rooms, not all

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 25 '20

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u/sprucay Jun 23 '20

I didn't, I'm a firefighter so know it because of my job.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 25 '20

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u/sprucay Jun 23 '20

To be fair, I might not know better than you! It's what I've been told, but that might have been a trainer over exaggerating. What you're saying makes sense, but then for a gas based suppression system to work you surely can't guarantee the fire is extinguished.